Backyard coaster makes headlines

I wonder if the reason that the gap between the running wheels and the upstops is so that the train can navigate the vertically curved pieces of track. Without the gap, and since the wheels look to be attatched directly to the vehicle, it could be that the gap is the only way the car can make it through the vertical curves, like the drop off of the lift and the loop.

This is just a stab in the dark. I'm sure that Rideman could give a definite answer.

I'm sorry, but you couldn't pay me to ride that. A car seat, I just don't trust it. And that corkscrew doesn't look too safe either.

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Looks comfy more than anything... =D .... I'll take one of those seats on any standard coaster anyday....

Yeah RubberDucky, you'd fall a whole 7' if you fell out, you'll be lucky if you survive. --- not trying to be mean. I wonder if that will increase or decrease the value of the home itself because if he does move, your ordinary person won't want a coaster in the backyard.

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It reaches a height of twenty feet I believe, and if you fall out during the corkscrew, landing on your head doesn't feel to good last time I checked.

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It reaches a height of either 20 or 25 feet at the top of the hill - its highest point. The corkscrew dealie is probably much closer to 10-15 max. Although it does hurt to fall on your head, no matter the distance, it has been proven to be reasonable safe as I saw nothing on the site about injuries. As far as how far the car goes at the end of the ride, the website says it has enough speed to make it back up to the lift. It cannot physically make it to the top of the lift again without any outside help - ie the lift chain.

edit - yay for double posts *** This post was edited by ender on 4/24/2002. ***

I was just thinking that since there appears to be a good size gap between the track and the upstop wheels, couldn't this cause the guide wheels to come off the track during negative G experiences?

I just wish that I could have a ride like that in my backyard.

That is insane. Although, aren't insane and enthusiast synonyms? I would give it a ride. Maybe consult a morgue first. lol

Check this out. This guy built two costers. They look good too. The first one he had help designing (Tornado)it from a coaster designer at PKI and then he and two friends built it. It took them from May '90 to June '93 to build it. It is 55' tall and 2080' long.

The other one, the Teddy Bear, he got blueprints of the "Teddy Bear" from the Original Coney Island park in Cincy, Ohio (before the park was destoyed in a flood) and again he and a couple friends built another coaster.

http://home.fuse.net/strickersgrove/Coasters.html

The Shy One: Redneck or not, he has his own ridable coaster and none of us do!

I can tell you, if I had my own backyard coaster, I wouldn't be posting here right now!

Den said:

I would have called it "Batman: The Ride."

That's the funniest thing I've heard in a long, long while.

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"3-bedroom ranch, hardwood floors, roller coaster."

Boy, how much I would pay for that piece of real estate...

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